Phd in INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

email: annamaria.siani@uniroma1.it
phone: 23479
building: Fermi, Città universitaria
room: 308

Curriculum Vitae
ANNA MARIA SIANI
Associate Professor in Physics of Atmosphere (SSD FIS06), Physics Department,
Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy.

Education and Academic Appointments
- 1987 - Degree in Physics, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 1988: Post-graduate studies, Corso di specializzazione in Fisica dell’ Atmosfera, Servizio Meteorologico dell’Aeronautica Militare.
- 1990 – 2001: Technologist at the Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2001 - 2018: Researcher in Physics of Atmosphere, Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2019 to the present: Associate Professor in Physics of Atmosphere, Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2001 to the present: Responsible for the Research Group in Meteorology (GMET), at the Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2001 to the present: Responsible for Solar Radiometry Observatory, Physics Department, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2003 – 2007: Member of the PhD Committee in Physics, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2004 – 2009: Management Committee Member for Italy in the COST Action 726 "Long term changes and climatology of UV radiation over Europe".
- 2007 to the present: Member of Centro di Ricerca di Tecnologie per l'Ambiente e i Beni
- Culturali, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2009 – 2011: Member of the PhD Committee in in Telerilevamento, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2009 – 2015: Member of the Technical Scientific Committee of Patents at Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2012: Member of the PhD Committee in Ingegneria Elettronica e Telerilevamento, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2012 to the present time: Promoter Erasmus Programme Training Agreement, mobility project Leibniz Universitaet Hannover (Germany).
- 2013 to the present: Member of the PhD Committee in Tecnologie dell'informazione e delle Comunicazioni (ICT), curriculum Radar e Telerilevamento, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2013 – 2017: Management Committee Member for Italy in the COST Action. n ES1207: “A EUropean BREWer NETwork – EUBREWNET”.
- 2015 to the present: Member of Commissione Etica di Ateneo, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2015 to the present: Member of the Executive and Scientific Commettee of Centro di Ricerca di Tecnologie per l'Ambiente e i Beni Culturali, Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2018 to the present: Evaluator for MIUR Reprise Ricerca di base.

Society memberberships, Awards and Honors
- 2017 to the present: Member of Associazione Italiana di Scienze dell’atmosfera e Meteorologia (AISAM).
- 2017: Award for outstanding contribution in reviewing Science of the Total Environment
- 2018: Award for outstanding contribution in reviewing, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, B: Biology.
- 1996 – 2010: Member of the Advisory Board, Società Italiana di Meteorologia Applicata.

Reviewer for the following Journals:
Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier)
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (Copernicus Publications)
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (Copernicus Publications)
The European Physical Journal Plus (Springer)
Photochemistry and Photobiology (Wiley online)
Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences (RSCPublishing)
Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology (Elsevier)

2012 – 2014:Member of the editorial board of ISRN Atmospheric Sciences.
2016: Guest Editor per lo Special Issue on "Sensors and data processing in Cultural Heritage and Archeology (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/JS/si/520656/cfp/).
2019: Guest Editor per lo Special Issue on "Measuring Personal Exposure to Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Using Dosimetric Techniques” (atmosphere)


Teaching Activities at Sapienza Università di Roma:
- Foundations of Meteorology
- Laboratorio di Fisica per l’analisi del microclima
- Valutazione del Rischio Ambientale
- Laboratorio di Fisica
- Laboratorio di Fisica Terrestre
- Meteorologia e Climatologia
- Laboratorio di Geofisica
- Laboratorio di Fisica dell'Ambiente

A.M. Siani was tutor/co-tutor of several undergraduate students of Laurea triennale in Tecnologie per la Conservazione e il Restauro dei Beni Culturali;
A.M. Siani was the advisor for 5 theses of Laurea Magistrale in Scienze e Tecnologie per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali and 20 theses of Laurea in Fisica curriculum Geofisica.
A.M. Siani was the supervisor of 4 B.Sc students (3 from Leibniz Universitaet Hannover and 1 from Georg-August University of Gottingen, Germany) in the framework of Erasmus Program Internship Mobility Project.

A.M. Siani was the evaluator of more than 100 undergraduate students of Laurea triennale in Tecnologie per la Conservazione e il Restauro dei Beni Culturali and Laurea triennale in Fisica.

A.M. Siani was Tutor of 2 PhD students in Biophysics, 3 PhD students in Remote Sensing of atmospheric constituents, 3 PhD students in Science applied to Cultural Heritage, co-supervisor of 3 PhD students in Remote Sensing of atmospheric constituents.

Admission exam to PhD courses
- 2010: Admission Committee Member, Dottorato in Telerilevamento (XXVI Ciclo).
- 2012: Admission Committee Member, Dottorato in Ingegneria Elettronica e Telerilevamento (XXVIII ciclo).
- 2015: Admission Committee Member, Dottorato in Scienze della Terra (XXXI ciclo).
- 2016: Admission Committee Member, Dottorato in Tecnologie dell'Informazione e delle Comunicazioni (XXXII ciclo).
- 2019: Admission Committee Member, Dottorato in Scienze della Terra (XXXV ciclo).

Final PhD exam
- 2013: Committe Member, Dottorato in Fisica (XXV ciclo), Università dell’Aquila.
- 2015: Committe Member, Dottorato in Biofisica (XXVII ciclo), Sapienza Università di Roma.
- 2018: Committe Member, Dottorato in Fisica (XXXI ciclo), Università dell’Aquila.

Research Activities
Current research activities comprise:
- Brewer spectrophotometry to retrieve atmospheric variables;
- Quantification of personal exposure to solar UV radiation using dosimetric techniques;
- Applied meteorology.

Scientific collaborations
- 2015 to the present: Department of Applied Physics, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain).
- 2013 to the present: CNR-ISAC-Unità di Padova.
- 2007 to the present: gruppo di ricerca Aria e Atmosfera - Radiazione solare e atmosfera, ARPA Valle d'Aosta.
- 1996 to the present: Institut für Meteorologie und Klimatologie, Leibniz Universität Hannover (Hannover, Germany).
- 2012 – 2016: Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences, The University of Southern Queensland (Toowoomba, Australia).
- 2007 – 2011: Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology (Australia).
- 2006-2011: ISPESL, (Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione E la Sicurezza del Lavoro), Occupational Hygiene Department.

Bibliometry (updated 2020):
Publications: 72 (Scopus), 65 (WoS)
Total citations: 750 (Scopus), 730 (WoS)
Hirsch (H) index: 15 (Scopus), 16 (WoS)

List of publications in the last 5 years
Article (p), conference paper (cp), review (r), book chapter (b), abstract (a),


(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Verticchio, E., Frasca, F., Garcìa-Diego, F.-J., Siani, A.M. Investigation on the use of passive microclimate frames in view of the climate change scenario (2019) Climate 7(8),98, https://doi10.3390/cli7080098

(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Frasca, F., Cornaro, C., Siani, A.M. A method based on environmental monitoring and building dynamic simulation to assess indoor climate control strategies in the preventive conservation within historical buildings (2019). Science and Technology for the Built Environment 25(9), 1253-1268

(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Siani, A.M., Frasca, F., Scarlatti, F., Religi, A., Diémoz, H., Casale, G.R., Pedone, M., Savastiouk, V. Examination on total ozone column retrievals by Brewer spectrophotometry using different processing software (2018) Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11 (9), 5105-5123. https://doi.org/ 10.5194/amt-11-5105-2018. IF:3.248, Cited 1 time (SCOPUS)

(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Siani, A.M., Frasca, F. Di Michele, M., Bonacquisti, V., Fazio, E. Cluster analysis of microclimate data to optimize the number of sensors for the assessment of indoor environment within museums (2018) Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 25 (29), 28787-28797. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-2021-3.IF:2.8

(r, SCOPUS, WoS) Schmalwieser, A.W., Siani, A.M. Review on Nonoccupational Personal Solar UV Exposure Measurements (2018) Photochemistry and Photobiology, 94 (5), 900-915. https://doi.org/ 10.1111/php.12946. IF: 2.214

(cp, SCOPUS, WoS) Frasca, F., Cornaro, C., Siani, A.M. Performance assessment of a heat and moisture dynamic simulation model in IDA ICE by the comparison with WUFI Plus. (2018) IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 364 (1), art. no. 012024. https://doi.org/ 10.1088/1757-899X/364/1/012024.

(cp, SCOPUS, WoS) Frasca, F., Caratelli, A., Siani, A.M. The capability of capacitive sensors in the monitoring relative humidity in hypogeum environments. (2018) IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 364 (1), art. no. 012093. https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/364/1/012093. Cited 1 time (SCOPUS).

(cp, SCOPUS) Dionisi, D., Iannarelli, A.M., Scoccione, Ac, Liberti, G.L., Cacciani, M., Argentini, S., Baldini, L., Barnaba, F., Campanelli, M., Casasanta, G., Diémoz, H., Di Liberto, L., Gobbi, G.P., Petenko, I., Siani, A.M., Von Bismarck, J., Casadio, S. Water vapor and aerosol lidar measurements within an atmospheric instrumental super site to study the aerosols and the tropospheric trace gases in Rome (2018) EPJ Web of Conferences, 176, art. no. 05050. . https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817605050.

(p, SCOPUS, WoS )Seckmeyer, G., Mustert, C., Schrempf, M., McKenzie, R., Liley, B., Kotkamp, M., Bais, A., Gillotay, D., Slaper, H., Siani, A.-M., Smedley, A., Webb, A. Why is it so hard to gain enough Vitamin D by solar exposure in the European winter? (2018) Meteorologische Zeitschrift, 27 (3), 223-233. https://doi.org/ 10.1127/metz/2018/0855. IF:2.648

(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Frasca, F., Siani, A.M., Casale, G.R., Pedone, M., Bratasz, Ł., Strojecki, M., Mleczkowska, A.Assessment of indoor climate of Mogiła Abbey in Kraków (Poland) and the application of the analogues method to predict microclimate indoor conditions (2017) Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24 (16), 13895-13907, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-6504-9, IF: 2.741. Cited 5 times (SCOPUS)

(p, SCOPUS, WoS) Fazio, E., Bonacquisti, V., Di Michele, M., Frasca, F., Chianese, A., Siani, A.M. CleAir monitoring system for particulate matter: A case in the Napoleonic museum in Rome (2017) Sensors (Switzerland), 17 (9), 2076, DOI: 10.3390/s17092076, IF: 2.677. Cited 1 time (SCOPUS).

(p, WoS, SCOPUS) Zerefos, C.S., Eleftheratos, K., Kapsomenakis, J., Solomos, S., Inness, A., Balis, D., Redondas, A., Eskes, H., Allaart, M., Amiridis, V., Dahlback, A., De Bock, V., Diémoz, H., Engelmann, R., Eriksen, P., Fioletov, V., Gröbner, J., Heikkilä, A., Petropavlovskikh, I., Jarosławski, J., Josefsson, W., Karppinen, T., Karppinen, U., Meleti, C., Repapis, C., Rimmer, J., Savinykh, V., Shirotov, V., Siani, A.M., Smedley, A.R.D., Stanek, M., Stubi, R. Detecting volcanic sulfur dioxide plumes in the Northern Hemisphere using the Brewer spectrophotometers, other networks, and satellite observations (2017) Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17 (1), 551-574. DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-551-2017, IF: 5.318, Cited 1 time (SCOPUS), Cited 1 time (WoS).

(r, WoS, SCOPUS) Schmalwieser, A.W., Gröbner, J., Blumthaler, M., Klotz, B., De Backer, H., Bolsée, D., Werner, R.,Tomsic, D., Metelka, L., Eriksen, P., Jepsen, N., Aun, M., Heikkilä, A., Duprat, T., Sandmann, H., Weiss, T., Bais, A., Toth, Z., Siani, A.M., Vaccaro, L., Diémoz, H., Grifoni, D., Zipoli, G., Lorenzetto, G., Petkov, B.H., Di Sarra, A.G., Massen, F., Yousif, C., Aculinin, A.A., Den Outer, P., Svendby, T., Dahlback, A., Johnsen, B., Biszczuk-Jakubowska, J., Krzyscin, J., Henriques, D., Chubarova, N., Kolarž, P., Mijatovic, Z., Groselj, D., Pribullova, A., Gonzales, J.R.M., Bilbao, J., Guerrero, J.M.V.,Serrano, A., Andersson, S., Vuilleumier, L., Webb, A., O'Hagan, J. UV Index monitoring in Europe (2017) Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences, 16 (9), 1349-1370, DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00178a, IF: 2.344.

(cp) Frasca F., Lovati M., Cornaro C., Moser D. and Siani A.M. Use of photovoltaic modules as static solar shadings: Retrofit of a paleontological site in Rome (2017) In 12th Conference on Advanced Building Skins, 2-3 October 2017, Bern, Switzerland. Proceedings book – ISBN:978-3-9524883-1-7.

(a) Frasca F., A.M.Siani, E. Fazio, G.R. Casale, M. Di Michele Knowlodge optimization of microclimate in museums: the case study of Museo Napoleonico in Rome (2017) In: Book of Abstract - Convegno Tematico AIAr Beni Culturali: grandi facilities, reti e networks di laboratori. Firenze, 8-10 marzo 2017.

(a) Marinelli V., Diémoz H., Magri T., Pession G., Zublena M., Campanelli M., Siani A.M Multi-year measurements of columnar aerosol properties at an Alpine EuroSkyRad Station (2017) In: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 19, Vienna (Austria), 23-28 April 2017.

(a) Marinelli V., Cremonese E., Diémoz H., Siani A.M. Towards a first ground-based validation of aerosol optical depths from Sentinel-2 over the complex topography of the Alps (2017) In: EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, 19, Vienna (Austria), 23-28 April 2017.

(a) D. Dionisi 1, A.M. Iannarelli, A. Scoccione, G.L. Liberti , M. Cacciani, S. Argentini, L. Baldini, F. Barnaba, M. Campanelli, G. Casasanta, H. Diémoz, L. Di Liberto, G.P. Gobbi, I. Petenko, A.M. Siani, J. Von Bismarck , S. Casadio Water vapor and aerosol lidar measurements within an atmospheric instrumental super site to study the aerosols and the tropospheric trace gases in Rome (2017) ILRC28, 2017 Bucharest Romania, 25-30 June, (http://ilrc28.inoe.ro/home/)

(p, WoS, SCOPUS) García-Diego, F.-J., Verticchio, E., Beltrán, P., Siani, A.M. Assessment of the minimum sampling frequency to avoid measurement redundancy in microclimate field surveys in museum buildings (2016) Sensors 16 (8), 1291, DOI: 10.3390/s16081291, IF: 2.677.

(p, WoS, SCOPUS) Marchetti, F., Esteve, A.R., Siani, A.M., Martínez-Lozano, J.A., Utrillas, M.P. Validation of UV solar radiation data from the ozone monitoring instrument (OMI) with ground based measurements on the Mediterranean coast (2016) Revista de Teledeteccion, 47, 13-22, DOI: 10.4995/raet.2016.5679.

(cp) Frasca F., Siani A.M. and Cornaro C. Microclimatic measurements and whole-building dynamic simulation of a semi-confined paleontological site: La Polledrara di Cecanibbio (Rome) (2016) In CMA4CH - 6th International Meeting, Straighforward Approach in Cultural Heritage and Environment Studies - Multivariate Analysis and Chemometry, Proceedings book - 18-19, ISBN:9788875474416.

(cp) Diémoz H., Siani A.M., Casale G. R. Analisi a lungo termine delle serie di misure di irradianza ultravioletta in Valle d'Aosta e a Roma (2016) Atto di congresso VI Convegno Nazionale: Il controllo degli agenti fisici: ambiente, territorio e nuove tecnologie, Alessandria 6-8 giugno 2016 ISBN: 978-88-7479-130-9.

(cp) Casale G.R., Siani A.M., Diémoz H., Agnesod G., Pedone M., Colosimo A. Modelli di previsione dell'indice ultravioletto (UVI) (2016) Atto di congresso VI Convegno Nazionale: Il controllo degli agenti fisici: ambiente, territorio e nuove tecnologie, Alessandria 6-8 giugno 2016 ISBN: 978-88-7479-130-9.

(cp) Diémoz H., Siani A.M., Casale G. R., Campanelli M. Tecniche di fotometria solare per la qualità dell'aria: recenti avanzamenti nello studio del contenuto colonnare di NO2 e delle proprietà ottiche degli aerosol (2016) Atto di congresso VI Convegno Nazionale: Il controllo degli agenti fisici: ambiente, territorio e nuove tecnologie, Alessandria 6-8 giugno 2016 ISBN: 978-88-7479-130-9.

(cp) Diémoz H., Siani A.M., Casale G. R., G. Laschewski. Nuove tecniche per la valutazione dell'irradianza ultravioletta solare e del contenuto colonnare di ozono: è ancora necessaria la misura da terra? (2016) Atto di congresso VI Convegno Nazionale: Il controllo degli agenti fisici: ambiente, territorio e nuove tecnologie, Alessandria 6-8 giugno 2016 ISBN: 978-88-7479-130-9.

(cp) Casale G. R., Siani A.M., Diémoz H., Colosimo, A. La radiazione solare ultravioletta alle Latitudini del Mediterraneo nel trattamento di acque microbiologicamente contaminate (2016) In: XIV Giornata dell'Acqua Gestione Sostenibile del Mediterraneo. Atti Dei Convegni Lincei, 289, 81-89 Roma, 21 Marzo 2014 ISBN: 978-88-218-1124-1, ISSN: 0391-805X.

(a) Siani A.M., Casale G.R., Pedone M, Scarlatti F., Diémoz H. Total Ozone Measurements at Italian Brewer Stations (Rome And Aosta) (2016) Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 2016 Edinburgh United Kingdom, 4–9 September 2016.

(a) R. Sozzi, A. Bolignano, M. Morelli, M. Campanelli, Siani A.M., H. Diemoz Impact of optical aerosol characteristics on UV index in a urban area (2016) IV International Skynet Workshop, Rome Italy, 2 -4 March 2016.

(a) Siani A.M. Total ozone column and UVI series at Italian Brewer stations (Rome and Aosta) (2016) Brewer ozone spectrophotometer/metrology open Workshop, COST Action ES1207 European Brewer network 15 th Biennial WMO-GAW Brewer users group meeting Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal 17-20 May 2016.

(a) Iannarelli A.M., M. Cacciani, A. Burini, S. Casadio, M. Campanelli, Siani A.M., G. Casasanta, H. Diemoz, J. von Bismarck, and B. R. Bojkov. The BAQUNIN (Boundary layer Air Quality-analysis Using Network of INstruments) Super-Site for atmospheric science and satellite data validation, Living Planet (2016) Symposium 2016, Prague Czech Republic, 9-13 May 2016.

(a) Iannarelli A.M., M. Cacciani, A. Scoccione, A. Burini, S. Casadio, M. Campanelli, Siani A.M., G. Casasanta, H. Diemoz, J. von Bismarck, and B. R. Bojkov The Boundary-layer Air Quality Using Network of INstruments (BAQUNIN) Super-Site for Satellite Atmospheric Chemistry Products Validation (2016) Atmospheric Composition Validation and Evolution, ESRIN Frascati, Italy, 18-20 October.

(p, WoS, SCOPUS) Casale, G.R., Siani, A.M., Diémoz, H., Agnesod, G., Parisi, A.V., Colosimo, A. Extreme UV index and solar exposures at Plateau Rosà (3500ma.s.l.) in Valle d'Aosta Region, Italy (2015) Science of the Total Environment, 512-513, 622-630, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.049, IF: 3.976, Cited 5 times (SCOPUS), Cited 5 times (WoS).

(cp) Marchetti F., Esteve A.R., Siani A.M., Martínez-Lozano J.A., Utrillas M.P. Validación de los datos de radiación solar UV del Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) con medidas de suelo en la costa mediterránea (2015) In: Libro de Actas XVI Congreso de la Asociación Española de Teledetección.. 468-471, Sevilla, España, 21-23 October 2015 , ISBN: 978-84-608-1726-0.

(a) Diémoz H., A. Redondas, T. Karppinen, Siani A.M., G. R. Casale, F. Scarlatti, K. Eleftheratos, M. Stanek, J. M. San Atanasio Statistics-based evaluation of the stray-light effect on ozone measurements in the framework of the European Brewer Network (EUBREWNET) (2015) In the XXVIII NOG (Nordic Ozone and UV Group Meeting), Copenhagen Denmark, 7-8 May 2015.